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The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs
Explores the scientific and social factors that continue to influence the public's lingering uncertainty over how disease can—and cannot—be spread.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs
The scientific and social history surrounding the 1880 incident of a foul odor in Paris and the development of public health culture that followed.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Guide to Simulation and Modeling for Biosciences
This accessible text presents a detailed introduction to the use of a wide range of software tools and modeling environments for use in the biosciences, as well as the fundamental mathematical background. The practical constraints presented by each modeling technique are described in detail, enabli... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Introduction to Modeling for Biosciences
Mathematical modeling can be a useful tool for researchers in the biological scientists. Yet in biological modeling there is no one modeling technique that is suitable for all problems. Instead, different problems call for different approaches. Furthermore, it can be helpful to analyze the same sys... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ
Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, 5e, is ideal for introductory courses in Java/Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Programming and for beginning programmers. This is the only introductory programming textbook that uses the BlueJ integrated development env... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Long Year: A 2020 Reader (Public Books Series)
by Eric Klinenberg • Joan Wallach Scott • Julie Livingston • Natalia Molina • Jun Li • Guobin Yang • Andrew Lakoff • Priscilla Wald • Warwick Anderson • Warren Breckman • Adam Tooze • Ananya Roy • Sophie Lewis • Neha Vora • Margaret O'Mara • Yarimar Bonilla • Merlin Chowkwanyun • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Margaret Morganroth Gullette • Marcia Chatelain • Jacob A.C. Remes • Joanne Randa Nucho • Xiaowei Wang • Miguel Centeno • Jean-Paul Gagnon • Keisha N. Blain • Sulfikar Amir • Mustafa Dikeç • David Schmidt • Gautam Bhan • David S. Barnes • Isabelle Guérin • Andy Horowitz • Simon Balto • Éric Charmes • Max Rousseau • Michelle Cera • Gilles Guiheux • Ye Guo • Renyou Hou • Manon Laurent • Anne-Valérie Ruinet • Govindan Venkatasubramanian • Mathieu Ferry • Marine Al Dahdah • Sherihan Radi • Jeffrey Aaron Snyder • Rachel Nolan • Evan Lieberman • Julia Foulkes • Soledad Álvarez Velasco • Sophie Gonick • Alfonso Fierro • Erick Corrêa • Gianpaolo Biaocchi • Jake Carlson • Quentin Ravelli • Rikki J. Dean • Afsoun Afsahi • Emily Beausoleil • Selen A. Ercan • Cordula Dittmer • Daniel F. Lorenz • Kathryn Cai • Kavita SivaramakrishnanSome years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Mission edX: Balancing Social Good and Financial Sustainability
In March 2021, online education platform edX considers how to achieve financial sustainability without compromising its mission to provide universal access to high-quality education.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Watchlist
by Erica Spindler • John Gilstrap • Jeffery Deaver • Linda Barnes • Joseph Finder • Lisa Scottoline • Lee Child • James Grady • David Corbett • Peter Spiegelman • David Liss • Jon Land • David Hewson • Gayle Lynds • P. J. Parrish • Brett Battles • Jenny Siler • Ralph Pezzullo • John Ramsey Miller • James Phelan • Jim Fusilli • Sj Rozan • Mj RoseFrom International Thriller Writers comes Watchlist: two powerful novellas featuring the same thrill cast of characters in one major suspenseful package. The Chopin Manuscript and then The Copper Bracelet were a collaboration by some of the world's greatest thriller writers, including Lee Child, Jos... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Winning (and Losing) the Olympics: Boston 2024 (A)
Two leadership groups from Boston 2024 negotiate with government bodies, community leaders, and olympic officials in an effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Managing A Nation: The Microcomputer Software Catalog--second Edition
by Richard Harwood • David Holland • John D. Sterman • James W. Mercer • Margee M. Ensign • Martha J. Garrett • Gerald O. Barney • W. Brian Kreutzer • Stephen J. Binhak • Jennie M. Hommel • J. G. Krishnayya • Lynn A. Kurtz • Kenneth L. Kvamme • Norman Meyers • Peter J. Opdahl • Ann Elise Schneider • Alan M. Thorndike • Daniel Tunstall • Sheryl WilkinsThis book is a collection of reviews of microcomputer programs of special relevance to those people around the world who are responsible for the management of the current and future affairs and business of their countries.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1991